Chase Joliet’s debut feature shows its Austin roots
Receiving its world premiere at this year's Austin Film Festival, the gentle comedy is the feature debut of writer/director Chase Joliet, who called it"a story about three broken people who save each other." In it, Joliet plays Travis: Recently released from prison, he's moved in with his mom as he struggles with sobriety, rehabilitation, and the chaotic influence of fellow recovering addict Billie .actually filmed in Tracy, Calif.
"I flew out, I had a small team in Austin, and we just shot that in two hours one night."to one location, but rather"a universal Americana" – and most especially the abstract Middle America of author Raymond Carver, who he was reading heavily while he wrote the script."I wanted it to feel like it can be anywhere, because this story happens everywhere." Moreover, he wanted to evoke Carver's empathetic depiction of his troubled, complicated characters.
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